Mikhail Baryshnikov
Acting • Born 1948-01-27
Biography
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director. Baryshnikov has spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance, premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own. His success as a dramatic actor on stage, cinema and television has helped him become probably the most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer. In 1977, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his work as "Yuri Kopeikine" in the film The Turning Point.
Filmography
50 credits
Company Business
Movie • 1991
Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
Giselle
Movie • 1977
Count Albrecht
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Movie • 2014
Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
The Nutcracker
Movie • 1977
Toy Nutcracker / Prince
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Self - Host
The Turning Point
Movie • 1977
Yuri
White Nights
Movie • 1985
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Movie • 1991
Cesar
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Movie • 2011
Self
Les Sylphides
Movie • 1984
Dancers
Movie • 1987
Tony
Rehearsing a Dream
Movie • 2006
Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Movie • 1981
Self
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Movie • 2022
Self
Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
Movie • 1976
Self
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage)
Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
Movie • 1989
Self
The White Helicopter
Movie • 2024
Pope Benedict XVI
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Movie • 2007
Self
猟銃
Movie • 2023
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
Movie • 1984
Basilio
Carmen
Movie • 1980
Don José
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Movie • 1980
Self
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Movie • 2001
Self
Studio 54
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Movie • 1982
Self - Performer
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Movie • 2021
Self
Bob Hope on the Road to China
Movie • 1979
Self
Baryshnikov at the White House
Movie • 1979
Oh, Misha
Movie • 1999
Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker
Movie
Nutcracker
Babilée '91
Movie • 1992
Self - Dancer
Fiesta
Movie • 1971
Pedro Romero
City and Song
Movie • 1968
World's Young Ballet
Movie • 1969
American Ballet Theatre at the Met
Movie • 1984
George Balanchine's Theme & Variations
Movie
Today
TV • 1952
Self
Iconoclasts
TV • 2005
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
Doll & Em
TV • 2014
Mikhail
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Top Model po-russki
TV • 2011
Special guest
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Aleksandr Petrovsky
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self
NeXt
TV • 1994
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self